Serper review (2026): is it worth $50?
Google search results API sold in prepaid credit packs
Serper report card
Fair · out of 4.0 · graded Oct 23, 2026
Best for live Google results on prepaid credits
Serper returns live Google results as JSON from prepaid packs, at $1 per 1,000 queries on the smallest. It covers Google and nothing else, and credits expire 6 months after you buy them, so a big pack bought for the lower rate can go to waste.
Who Serper is for
- Fits if you only need Google and would rather pay per query than per month
- Works for AI agents on LangChain or CrewAI that need current Google results
Who Serper is not for
- Skip it if you need Bing, Yahoo or any engine other than Google
- Watch out: credits expire 6 months after purchase, so a big pack you don't use up is money lost
- Tight if you're testing, as the 2,500 free queries come once and there's no monthly free plan
- Watch out: refunds run 7 days from the first payment, and only with under 20% of the credits used
Why Serper gets a 2.4
Five grades, each with its reason. The GPA is their average: an A is 4 points, an F is none.
- BValue for money$50 buys 50,000 Google queries, $1 per 1,000, one of the lowest rates in this category, and bigger packs fall to $0.30. The first spend is at the dear end of the usual $25 to $50, though, and the credits lapse after 6 months.
- CFree plan and trialNo free plan, but 2,500 free queries with no card. They're a one-off, not a monthly allowance.
- CFeaturesTen Google result types, from web and maps to Scholar, patents and autocomplete, fetched live with country and language set. Google only, though: no Bing, Yahoo or other engine, which the listing itself points out.
- CEase of useJudged on how fast a developer gets a first result: most results in 1 to 2 seconds and 2,500 free queries to test with. No rating on record, and no client libraries named.
- BPlatforms and integrationsWeb, with an API and listed integrations with LangChain, CrewAI, Haystack and Jan AI. No desktop or phone app, so B is the top.
What these grades rest on. Graded from this listing, whose facts were read from Serper's own pages on 23 October 2026. Not based on using the product, and shorter than our full reviews. How we review and grade.
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Serper's GPA of 2.4 is higher than 16 of the 38 other SERP and SEO data APIs we grade, and level with 14.
It stands best on value for money (B, above 21 of 38) and worst on ease of use (C, above 0).
Each grade against the category
Every bar is all 39 SERP and SEO data APIs we grade, cut by the letter each got. Serper’s own letter is outlined.
- BValue for moneyAbove 21 of 38, level with 13
- CFree plan and trialAbove 2 of 38, level with 32
- CFeaturesAbove 1 of 38, level with 24
- CEase of useAbove 0 of 38, level with 36
- BPlatforms and integrationsAbove 9 of 38, level with 29
Keep Serper, or make your own?
Keep it
To replace Serper you would be making search results fetched at scale from many countries without being blocked. That is not a weekend's work, with an AI app builder or without one.
It costs $50, paid once.
What you could not
- Search results fetched at scale from many countries without being blocked.
- It plugs into other products, LangChain, CrewAI and Haystack among them, and has an API.
What this rests on. Serper’s listing: what it does, where it runs, what it plugs into and what it costs. It is a judgement about the kind of software this is. We have not built a replacement for it, and making your own means looking after it too. How we decide, and every tool’s verdict.
What is Serper?
Serper is an API that returns live Google results as JSON, usually in one to two seconds, for web search, images, news, maps, places, videos, shopping, Scholar, patents and autocomplete. Results are fetched fresh for each call rather than cached. There is no subscription: credits are bought in packs, and larger packs cost less per query.
Worth knowing
- Its site lists Google endpoints only, with no Bing, Yahoo or other search engines.
- Credits expire 6 months after purchase, so a large pack bought for a lower rate can go unused.
- Refunds are given within 7 days of the first payment only if less than 20% of the credits are used.
- The 2,500 free queries are a one-time allowance, not a monthly free plan.
Key features
- Ten Google result types
- Endpoints for Google web search, images, news, maps, places, videos, shopping, Scholar, patents and autocomplete.
- Live results
- Each call queries Google directly and nothing is cached; most results return in 1 to 2 seconds, sometimes 2 to 4 when a request is retried.
- Location and language
- Every pack lets you set the country and language a search is run from.
- Rate limits by pack
- From 50 queries a second on Starter to 300 on Ultimate, which Serper says is roughly 15,000 to 18,000 searches a minute.
- Charged on success
- Credits are deducted only for successful responses, and the API stops taking queries when the balance reaches zero.
- AI framework integrations
- Listed integrations with LangChain, CrewAI, Haystack and Jan AI for feeding search results to AI agents and chatbots.
Serper pricing
As of Oct 23, 2026, Serper is a paid product with a free trial, starting at $50 one-time for 50,000 credits ($1.00 per 1,000 queries).
- Starts at
- $50 one-time for 50,000 credits ($1.00 per 1,000 queries)
- Free plan
- None
- Free trial
- 2,500 free queries, no credit card required
| Plan | Price | What you get |
|---|---|---|
| Starter | $50one-time for 50,000 credits, valid for 6 months | 50,000 queries at $1.00 per 1,000, up to 50 queries a second. Prices exclude sales tax or VAT. |
| Standard | $375one-time for 500,000 credits, valid for 6 months | 500,000 queries at $0.75 per 1,000, up to 100 queries a second. |
| Scale | $1,250one-time for 2.5 million credits, valid for 6 months | 2.5 million queries at $0.50 per 1,000, up to 200 queries a second. |
| Ultimate | $3,750one-time for 12.5 million credits, valid for 6 months | 12.5 million queries at $0.30 per 1,000, up to 300 queries a second; a higher limit can be arranged. |
Read from serper.dev on Oct 23, 2026. Prices change, so confirm with Serper before you buy.
Works with
- LangChain
- CrewAI
- Haystack
- Jan AI
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Common questions
Does Serper have an Android app?
No Android app was listed when its pages were read on Oct 23, 2026. Serper is listed for Web.
Does Serper have an iPhone app?
No iPhone app was listed when its pages were read on Oct 23, 2026. Serper is listed for Web.
Is Serper open source?
Serper is not described as open source on its own site, as read on Oct 23, 2026.
Does Serper have an API?
Yes. Serper offers a public API, according to its own site.
Sources for this page
The prices, plans, platforms and features above were read from these pages on Oct 23, 2026.